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50 Years of ERIC
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Quality in Kindergarten Classrooms: Observational Evidence for the Need to Increase Children's Learning Opportunities in Early Education Classrooms
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La Paro, Karen M.; Hamre, Bridget K.; Locasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Pianta, Robert C.; Bryant, Donna; Early, Dianne; Clifford, Richard; Barbarin, Oscar; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: Using observational data gathered in 730 kindergarten classrooms in 6 states, the present study focuses on the quality of children's learning opportunities in kindergarten classrooms. Findings show that overall, children experience moderate to low levels of quality in the areas of classroom organization and instructional support…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Educational Opportunities, Comparative Analysis, Learning Experience
The Relations of Observed Pre-K Classroom Quality Profiles to Children's Achievement and Social Competence
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Curby, Timothy W.; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Konold, Timothy R.; Pianta, Robert C.; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Bryant, Donna; Clifford, Richard; Early, Diane; Barbarin, Oscar – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: Recent evidence suggests that children benefit from pre-K programs in terms of both academic and social skills and that this growth is predicted by the quality of the interactions teachers have with students. Prior cluster analysis revealed 5 distinct quality profiles of teacher-child interactions in pre-kindergarten based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Multivariate Analysis, Concept Formation
Neighborhood Characteristics, and Child Care Type and Quality
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Burchinal, Margaret; Nelson, Lauren; Carlson, Mary; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, this article relates neighborhood characteristics to the type of child care used in families with toddlers and preschoolers (N = 1,121; representative of children in Chicago in 1996-1998). Neighborhood structural disadvantage was assessed via U.S. Census…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, School Readiness, Family Characteristics, Disadvantaged Youth
Parental Conceptions of School Readiness: Relation to Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Children's Skills
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Barbarin, Oscar A.; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Bryant, Donna; Frome, Pamela; Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: This study analyzed the school readiness beliefs of parents of 452 children from public pre-kindergarten and the relations of these beliefs to socioeconomic status and children's readiness skills. Parents conceived readiness largely in terms of the ability to name objects, letters, or numbers, but few included inferential…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Reading Readiness, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Attitudes
Spanish-Speaking Children's Social and Language Development in Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms
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Chang, Florence; Crawford, Gisele; Early, Diane; Bryant, Donna; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Barbarin, Oscar; Clifford, Richard; Pianta, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2007
The current study examined the social and language development of 345 Spanish-speaking pre-kindergartners who attended pre-kindergarten programs that varied widely in how much Spanish was spoken in the classroom by the teacher. Previous studies on English language learners have focused on how the language of instruction impacts children's language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Language Proficiency
Quality of Prekindergarten: What Families Are Looking for in Public Sponsored Programs
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Barbarin, Oscar A.; McCandies, Terry; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard M.; Bryant, Donna; Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2006
This study describes the meaning of program quality for a representative group of parents of children enrolled in public prekindergarten programs. Educators often conceptualized quality in terms of structural or process indicators; parents most often cited teacher experience and relationship to children. Families, like educators, emphasized…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Public Education, Educational Quality, Preschool Education